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Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

I can write the second half of a section of the build-up in ‘A Kind of Spark’, switching between a third person perspective and internal monologue.

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Year 6

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

I can write the second half of a section of the build-up in ‘A Kind of Spark’, switching between a third person perspective and internal monologue.

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Key learning points

  1. We are writing about an event from the build-up, using a third person perspective.
  2. We are then using internal monologue to reflect on the same event from Addie's perspective.
  3. Using a plan and orally rehearsing our writing helps us to do our best writing.
  4. We should aim to use a complete range of sentence types and language features in our writing.

Keywords

  • Build-up - the part of a narrative where problems are introduced and tension rises

  • Third person perspective - the 'he/she/it/they' perspective

  • Internal monologue - the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud

  • Figurative language - the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings

Common misconception

Pupils may struggle to convert their plan into complete sentences.

Ensure that pupils have plenty of time to orally rehearse using their plans.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sections of our narrative still need to be written?
third person perspective on Event 1
Correct answer: third person perspective on Event 2
internal monologue reflecting on Event 1
Correct answer: internal monologue reflecting on Event 2
Q2.
Which language feature is shown in the following sentence? 'Emily, who was smirking, looked at Addie with disgust.'
Correct answer: relative complex sentence
adverbial complex sentence
non-finite (-ing) complex sentence
compound sentence
Q3.
What is the purpose of the semi-colon in the following sentence? 'Addie looked at the remains of the thesaurus; the word glared up at her angrily.'
to introduce a question
Correct answer: to connect two complete sentences
to introduce an explanation
to connect a main clause and a subordinate clause
Q4.
Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? 'My mind is a blank page.'
simile
Correct answer: metaphor
personification
Q5.
What features of internal monologue are shown in the following sentence? 'What am I doing? Why can't I stop? I just want it to end ...'
Correct answer: ellipsis
Correct answer: rhetorical question
informal sentence opener
Correct answer: contraction
repetition
Q6.
Which of the following are the most important steps to take before we write our first draft of a piece of writing?
Correct answer: orally rehearsing our ideas
checking our spellings in a dictionary
Correct answer: planning the content and structure of our writing
writing each sentence on a whiteboard

6 Questions

Q1.
Jun has already completed his narrative. Put the paragraphs of his text in the correct order.
1 - A description of Addie sitting in the classroom.
2 - Addie's internal monologue reflecting on hitting Emily.
3 - A description of Addie walking down the corridor.
4 - Addie's internal monologue thinking about what will happen at the meeting.
Q2.
Which language features are shown in the following sentence? 'On the other side of the room, Emily smirked like a well-fed cat.'
Correct answer: fronted adverbial of place
fronted adverbial of time
Correct answer: hyphen to make a compound adjective
Correct answer: simile
adverbial complex sentence
Q3.
What punctuation could be missing from the following sentence? 'Addie looked away she couldn't meet Miss Murphy's steely gaze.'
colon
semi-colon
hyphen
comma
full stop
Q4.
Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? 'Addie sat curled up at the back of the room, a hard, round stone.'
personification
Correct answer: metaphor
simile
Q5.
Which features of an internal monologue are found in the following sentence? 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry ...'
Correct answer: repetition
Correct answer: contractions
rhetorical question
Correct answer: ellipsis
informal sentence opener
Q6.
What is the next step of the writing process once we have finished a first draft?
publishing
Correct answer: editing and improving
rewriting
planning

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